Rail Weekly Update #33

9 December 2004

LAST OF CWR TO BE LAID IN CURVES THIS WEEK!! ALL OTHER CWR PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED!!!!

As of December 9 we have installed virtually all of the roughly 97 track miles we expected to be completed in this production season.

Steve Koser’s IC&E crew is completing the last few curves this week and will begin the clean up of the scrap CWR that was removed as soon as installation is completed.

All of the major CWR projects on both properties are 100% completed and the train speed on all has been raised to 40MPH.

Engineering forces are now doing final clean up on all of the projects and prep work for the projects that are expected for 2005.